The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-13 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK. A steady bush - Ass has been transacted to-day in the general discount market, and the rates have be en a little easier at 71 per cent. and upwards, according to the quality of the paper offered for negotiation. About il5OOO in gold was taken into the Bank Yesterday. There was no material alteration in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £844,408, and the exports to £464,530. The directors of the Continental Bank Corpora tion have made a call of £5 per originai share, to be Pap _ o u a the 10th proximo. The list of applications for shares in the Penin 841ar, West Indian, and Southern Bank closes for London Wednesday, Aug. 17; for the country Thursday Aug. 18 ; and for the Continent Monday, A ug. 22. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this d a y, according t o M r . R enter ' s telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 45c. Firm. Only a very small amount of business has been ir ansaeted to-day in the market for the English F onds, and it has not occasioned any movement of i mportance. Consols for transfer have closed itt 89 } I, and for the account 891 2, The proceedings have developed no feature of interest, and the a ttendance has been limited. The New Threes h ave been dealt in at BSI ; and the Reduced Annuities, 881 1. There is rather more firmness in the Foreign Market, and business id dull. Turkish 6 per Cents., 186 2,,, are 691 ; do. Consolides, 491 501 ; Mexican, et 29 ; d o . N e w, 251 261; Greek, 23a ; Spanish pa ssive, 301 ; do. Certificates, 111 121; Portuguese, 47 1 481 ; and the Confederate Loan, 741 751. 1n the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very restricted, and prices have not varied to 4° Y important extent. Metropolitan have declined 1 1 1 and Great Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire 4 whi'e Caledonian have improved I, and Great No rthern The Foreign and Colonial lines show no change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in active. London and County have declined to 731, 4 4andon Joint Stock to 571. Union of London have improved to 51, Maritime Credit are quoted 1 1,4 prem., London Engineering Co. and Iron Ship. b uilding C0.,19 2 prem., and Natal Investment 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. % u OVERNMENT FUNDS. u Per Cent. Consols • 89 3 i "NewDo Account, A ug . 8 Cent. Reduced BBf 1 3 per Cent ew 2f per Cent. Jan. 1891 — Annuities,Do 5 p e r C en t., J an . 1873 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Xachequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 31 per Cent 23 die 25 die Do X5OO Do £lOO and £2OO 8 ink England stk, 5} per Ct. Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... 210 Do Account .. Do 5 per Cent. July, 1670 1)0 Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 5/ per Cent., May, 1879 ... Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds £1,990 Do under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Ituatrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Do 1859.. Brazilian 5 per Cent Lo 1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 la Do 1863 .. l t i lpnos Ayres 6 per Cent Colollltin. 6 per Cent. _rabian 6 per Cent 4 ,, u9 .1 6 per Cent. 4, 0 6 per Cent. 1864 Mllador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. -- 1) )) °, Proyisonal Land Warrant... — Datlish 3 per Cent., 1825 - Intim 7 per Cent lOll 1 G D O , Second Issue reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ea-Coupons — D 0 Account .„ 1;10 Coupons — 11 ' 0 Accoura , ' ll 4 telltale 5 per Cent. b y , 0 1839 and 1859 ....... an 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) catcall 3 per Cent .... 1 ) , 0 Account — -r;' ° 6 per Cent, 1864 40 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c.. — p? 6 per Cent. Anglo-French die R 10 4 Scrip, £23 paid — 40orish Imperial 5 per Cent ew Granada Do „\ 2 per Cent. — 4 -' 0 Deferred D 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) — D 0 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — l l ._ Do do Aug., 1866. •.• "" 1 ban 41 per Cent ' .. D° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — 1 -; ° 4 i per Cent., 1862 .. ue Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 1)0 Account — DO3 per Cent. , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 6 . 2 , '3 471 8 1 : 1 0 Account .64ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9ll D o 4} per Cent., 1850 .. 84/ 1860 1) 12,° 3 per Cent 1859 . I .° 5 per Cent, 1862 -1-, 10 Anglo-Dutch far Scrip, £4O paid 4 pm inian. t. per Cent o e Account — , ~P,s a rlish 3 per Cent 414 -,.',0 Account I-'0 New Deferred D O ., Account .U 0 Passive 1) 0 . Account — 'Parnell Cert. of Coup not funded l2k 12 Do Account .. S wedish, 4 per Cent. Do Scrip, £6O paid pm 4 arkish 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 1)o Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account .. Do £lOO Bonds.. — Do 1863 - - - - - Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... 99 Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account • -- Do Scrip £45 paid Do 1s per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London . Austrian, 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Do Account ,„I°'elgian per Cent. E Cent. Ex. 25f 4 -iutch 2 } per x. 12 Guil 6ll 1 . Do 4 per Cent. Certificates 'talian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do French :account Rentes, 2 per Cent Allltvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. itaontese, 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f Co TWO O'CLOCK, poi' Money Aocount.... •••• 891 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, 4 arket continues to improve, and sales wil v r obably reach 10,000 or 12,000 bales. AN EASILY-ACCOMMODATED BISHOP.-00 Wed -8:11Y the Bishop of Ripon h a d engage d to consecrate a 4.4 141 ground at Thomas, near Wakefield, but on arriving th e Leeds station, at 11 o'clock, his lordship founi there Uo train for Wakefield for some considerable time. He, i k b wev er, by some means head that there was a goods train U.t to start for that place, and offered to go by it—but here a nother hitch occurred., for it was found that there Bbas a 0 carri age th a t cou ld ` oe a t tac h e d t o the train. Not to Bt° Pped by so small a r A atter,his lordship vo l un t eere d to d 0 ° l :t the e ng i ne with Vac, driver and stoker, if allow e d to h 1 des his was at once granted, and Dr,Bickersteth r o d e to nation on the engine ; and so agreeable did he make 1 1 SQf to his companions, that the driver said that if 1 4 : 743 a specimen of the bishops he should'nt mind hay °4o on the engine, w ith hi m ever y day. PASSPORTS FO :R THE UNITED STATES..—The Vatt ed States Comm 1 at Havre ha . s . issued a notification in " that in vi rtue a decision of the United States Clo ve Ir genr, all tray oilers, citizen of the Un.on or stranger, erabark for any /sort of the republic, must carry a pass port, delivered b the Government of the country to which f1 ' e b1 011..,. „ . The passport must be vise,' by the United (o,,,States Minister or by the American consul at the port of '',..°!terkaion. Those emigrants who go to the United 1 . 4 7: ., 5 , to reside rermanently are alone excepted from this BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share gailwaya Paid. Price. Business don, luo Atlantic &$t Lawrence all 58 60 18 sk IBom.,Baroda&•Cent Inc 100 ICO 1106 Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New . 8 20 Do. E. Shares a/6 [halal° and Lime Huron all a 56 10 Do. Preferonoe „... . all 76 86 00 Buffalo,Brant,&Godricll p. ot. bds. Aug. 1,187;, 10° 75 80 100 Do. do. July 1, 187• , 100 75 80 .00 Do. do. June 1, 18;4 100 75 80 et Clcutta4 S.Eastn. (Lin, 100 97 93 et Cape Town Dock Seri! 100 94 96 stock Hutu. Bengal gu. sp. 100 101 103 Stook Last Indian. go. sp. c 100 110 1005 1004 100 ff 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 par 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada tuu 19 ED 100 Do. let Pref. Bonds all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 60 a 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all ‘ 6O 68 100 Do. do. deferred__ all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock _ a ll 48 a 100 Do. do. deferred all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 26 28 stook GLlncliarentn.gua.sp.o 100 101 102 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 par 6 p Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guar anteed 5 per cent. 100 98 100 84 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 96 9) 106 Do. New 18 11* 104 100 Do. 6 o. do. wth't opt. all 89 91 100 Do. 56 p. o. do. i 77-8.. all 82 64 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 Id ip stook Madras guar., sp. o. stook Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 92 94 stook Dc. 14 do •• •• 160 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bnds. 100 53 Melb. & Hobson's Ilay. all 60 02 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 10 NewßrCl3sWlCk & Canda Class A and B all 8 5 N.Rl.C'dad po Ist p 1 bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde .......... ) (100 99 101 stock Do. Delhi,.. I p ' 100 19 100 10 Do. a 2 Id st Do. Punjaub all 93 100 Do. Do. .... , stook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) I 1,100 , 93 95 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6 p.c.J a .t.. 1 ui) 1877- 81 ' lOO 95 98 97 6 6 6 Do. Bp. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 100 103 Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 100 102 Do. sp. o. Jan.&July loi 84 86 E 5 6 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap &Cot. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 107 109 108 iCeylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 .Mauritius 6 per cent iNatal Gov. 6 per cont lOO PA 107 'N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&July 100 93 1 00 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Got. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 100 96 I'l3 —.. Du. sp. c.,18/1 to It 2( 100 96 98 ..., Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 96 9 8 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c 100 100 103 1036 S. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up lOO 106 107 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.ez,July 100 - Do. 10 6 p.o. An.ekOot.. 100 1084 1094 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 / id Gifford Amalgamated 33 34 Devon G. Conn. gavist ) I 575 685 East Bassett(lllo,,o - an). 80 68 70 —• East Clogau Gold Ltd a East Caradon ...... '1.14.6 28 29 East Carn .. . . 3.4.0 5 81 E. W'lltussel (Tavistk., 8.13.0 44 5 Gam.ikSt.Autryn(Gwen , 581 6 8 Great South Tolgus 17s 21 21 G. Wheal Vor (11eiston 40 28 28 Grenville ..• 6.16.E 61 7/ [ler:d's-Foot ... ... 8.12 48 40 ilingston Downs 4.18.0 31 41 Lady Bertha - - Margaret ((lily Lelant 9k 8 10 —Jlarke Valley.. I Nly-ndy Iron Oro (Lim 24 11 I d New Setun l9l 75 85 • North Downs 3 11 11 N. W '1 Basset (11102,•5.n 3.1.0 2 24 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 31 41 Par Consols (St. Blaze) Providenee(Uny Lehat.; 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 480 500 S. Cars Brea (Illogan) — - - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.14.9 42k 474 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 famarSilv..t Lead Min. - - fin Crott 9 18 19 West Basset (Mogan).— 14 9 10 • W C' radon (Liskeard; 9 14 16 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 61 90 s 5 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 s() 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann !Men ) 8 14 16 Wheal Qeton . 584 215 22i Wheal Trets.wney (Lis.) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 l4 2 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. William and Mary Dalton, man and wife, were charged with being disorderly at the door of St. Margaret's Work house, York-street, Westminster, and the woman with doing ten shillings worth of damage. William Robert Morley, the master of the house, said that the defendants were there last night and applied for admission. The man told him that he had been an inmate of their other workhouse at Kensington, and had left there only that morning. Complainant offered him an order for readmission at Kensington, but he refused to take it. There was a great deal of trouble with the poor people, who all wanted to be in the town house in York-street. Mr Ingham—lfow is that? Complainant—They Hie it better, and we really Can't have them in York-street. Mr Ingham—Why do they like it better? amplainant—They are not so isolated as at Kensington. They aro nearer their acquaintances, and there is neces sarily, from the difference of size of the two houses, a dif ference of classification of the inmates. Mr Ingham— fhcy prefer the society of York-street to that of Kensington. Complainant—l hey want to remain here, and we have orders not to admit them. After I had given these people an answer, the woman, who had been drinking, became very violent, and throwing granite stones at the windows, did 105. worth of damage. I always do the best T can for these poor people, but we were full, and all I could do was to offer them an order for the other house. The woman denied that she had done the amount of damage, and said she ought to have been admitted at York. street. She was commited for ten days; her husband was dis charged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CASH-130x ROBBERY.—EIIen Murray, a young woman, was charged before Mr Knox with stealing a cashbox, con• taining a £5 Bank note, some gold and silver, and some papers, the property of Mrs Cecile Labroussart, of Little Newport-street. Mrs Labroussart said the prisoner called on her a few days ago, when she asked her to take a cup of tea with her. Shortly after the prisoner left, and on going into the bed room ohs missed her cashbox, containing a £5 Bank note, £3 in gold, some silver, and some papers, amongst others a receipt for a business which she had recently purchased in Little Newport-street. In answer to Mr Knox, the prosecutrix said she went into the bedroom a minute after the prisoner left. She had placed great confidence in the prisoner, who had formerly been her servant. Mr Matthew Keogh, of 30, Great-street, Andrew-street, said, having been informed by a young man, a sweetheart of t;:e prisoner's, that he had seen her at Bethnal-green with a nt w straw hat and boots, he afterwards went to Bethnal.greep: and there saw the prisoner. He asked the prisoner whether s h e had Madame's papers, and she said she had, but had been robbed of the money. He then took the prisoner to the prosecutrix's in a cab, and the prisoner was then given into custody. Alfred Oliver, 343 A, said, on the charge being road over at the station the prisoner said there were not £9 in the eas hL o s, but only £7. M I Knox inquired if the cashbox had come into the pos session of the poilee ? The constable said it was brought to the Vine-street police station by a woman living at Bethnal-green, where the prisoner had left it. Mr Knox remanded the prisoner. ROBBING A CONTRACTOR.—SamueI Eastop, a labourer in the employ of Mr Docwra, of Balls Pond, Islington, con tractor for gas and water works, was charged before Mr Knox with stealing some lead from a trench at some works being carried on in Oxford-street by Mr Docwra for the Chartered Gas Company. Mr Robert Drummond, foreman to Mr Docwra, met the prisoner about six o'clock in the evening in Soho. square, with some lead in his hand. The prisoner not giving satis factory answers to Mr Drummond's questions, Mr Drum mond gave him into custody. The prisoner said that when met by Mr Drummond ho was going to the melting pot, but Mr Drummond said that could not be true, as the prisoner was in Sutton -street, 300 yards from the melting pot, which was in Oxford-street. A constable said that when Mr Drummond gave the prisoner in charge, he asked Mr Drummond not t? press it. Mr Drummond said that Mr Docwra had been several times robbed of late by men in his employ, and a man was committed from this court for two months a few days ago. The prisoner, who again asserted that he was on the way to the melting pot, which was, again denied by Mr Drummond, was remanded. fiIfARE IYUIRKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCh.S. ' Closing Business Share' Railways. i raid. Price. done. Mr., Wel., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ...• Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no diN Do. B S ti 11 6p c.p an. has been paid to B. Dublin •1; Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western.' G roatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 1. Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan Great Western ..•• • Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Soy•th Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # shares • • Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming..t Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid /int Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwia Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York • Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stook Do scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welohpool Shropshire Union South South Eastern ISouth Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton Darlington Do Do New, 188 G Taff Vale- . ....... Do B Do C Ulster 8 3 all 20 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim lOO Waterford et Kilkenny 100 West Cornwall lOO W. Hartlepool Ilar.dat lOO West Midland —Oxford 100 Do Now port 100 Do Hereford 100 Do "9 9i 86 $8 126 127 6 7 35 36 16 17 83 91 110 112 47 48 7 7a 131 135 15: 151 131 t 33 P 2 81 C 9 6J. 120 1201 68 70 105 k (C6i 42 44 117 1174 08 89 C 6 67 113 1134 138 138 j 108 110 54 65 254 til 108 109 65 66 95 96 126 129 4 1i p 78 80 104 11 125 130 39 41 43 f 117 k 93 f 661 7 1121 13 121 133 1 _ G 7 59 14 36 92} 9.2 'lO3 105 7 8 37f 38} 10f 11. 0 F' 165 1; 0 6 7 t. 3 4 p 101 104 34 36 101} 2i PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, West Mid., Newport perp. 6 per cent. opt. till '6O, 119 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent.. 123 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Nottingham and Grantham R. & G. 93 FOREIGN RAILWAYS; Great Luxembourg, 101 ; Southern of France, 25; FOREIGN MINE& St. John del Rey (lim.), 38.1 BANK& Alliance (lim.), 534 Ditto, new, 554 Anglo Austrian, 71 Anglo-Italian, lira., 5 } Australasia, 74 6 32 Bank of Egypt. 29 Bank of New Zealand, 16. 17 British and Californian, llm., 5 1 Consolidated Bank, lira., 11 Continental. English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 214 European Bank, lim., 13 Imperial Bank (lint). 344 33 Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan, lim : , 6i Imperial Ottoman, 174 Fitt London Bank of Scotland, Bra., 1 5 3 London, Birm., and South Stafibrdshire, Um, 244 London and County, 734 4 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, Um., 141 London Joint Stock, 48 74 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., It/ Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Bin., 261 1 Oriental Banx Corporation. 58 Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi, lire., 13 Union of Australia, 524 34 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 184 City Offices, lim. 4 ' Crystal Palace. 34 Ditto, Pref erence.:lo9i Egyptian Corn. and Trading. lira., 36 E glish and Australian Copper, 14 Financial Corporation, Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 7 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 64 7 Hudson's Bay, 114 6 International Financial Society, Bra., 94 1 International Land Credit. lim.. 64 Societe Fina,ciere d' Egypte, lim., 44 Universal Marine, Insurance, Urn., sfr The Patrie refers with satisfaction to the great benefits conferred on France by the free. trade treaty. All parties have benefitted ; the flood of foreign goods which was to deluge France and ruin her manufacturers has not occurred, nor have the markets in any way been unhealthily disturbed, or the usual routine of factory labour impeded. The New York , TVorld, under the heading of "Another National Humiliation," gives a long account of the syfitem of espionage at the post. offices, carried on by the Federal Government. The letters of promineht Demo crats ars regularly opened, and even the official correspon denoe of Governor Seymour is subjected to this treatment. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1864 THAMES. A BRACE or BAD Bois.—Edward Dunn and Samuel Walker, each aged 14, were charged with stealing a new horse-eloth, valued 17s. Police-sergeant Briden, No, 4 K, saw the prisoners last night, shortly before 11 o'clock, come from East Mount street into Raven-row, Whitechapel. Dunn was carrying a bundle under his left arm, Briden asked him what he had got, to which he replied " Washing," and threw down a large horse-cloth. He then ran away and escaped. He was followed by Walker, who ran into the arras of a police constable, and was secured, Dunn afterwards called on the father of Walker to state that his son was in custody. Mr Walker had previously heard of his son's arrest, and a description of Dunn, who was given into custody. Dunn said that he picked up the horse cloth in the Hachney-road. It was a new one, and apparently had never been used. In answer to the magistrate, Briden said both prisoners were known thieves. Mr Walker, boot and shoe manufacturer, carrying on business in Spring-garden-place, Stepney, said one of the prisoners was his son, and a very wicked boy, who had given him much trouble. The boy had been 21 days in prison, forsook a good home for bad company, and a week since sold his clothes off his back. He would most willingly pay for the detention of his son in a reformatory school, for he was quite incorrigible, and there was no hopes of his refo►mation at home. The magistrate remanded the prisoners until Thursday. He would then decide on their punishment. EXPOSING GOODS FOR SALE OUTSIDE SITOPS,—Mary Harrington, 37, tailt,ress, 18, John's place, Stepney, was charged with stealing a piece of linen measuring 12 yards, and valued at 18s, the property of Mr Bennett, 10, Lime house-causeway. rho prosecutor said the piece of linen produced was stolen just outside his doer at 6 o'clock yesterday evening. He went in search of the thief, and on returning to the shop he found the prisoner in custody and the property re covered. John Slade, a butcher, 9, Limchouse-causeway, stated that he raw the prisoner steal the piece of linen. He went after her, and when he overtook her he t old her a gentleman round the corner wanted to see her. She said what for ; to which he replied, for this piece of linen you have under your shawl. She said, " I did not take it, I had it given to me." He then took her back to Mr. Bennett's shop. Mr. Partridge asked if the linen was hanging outside the draper's shop. Mr. Bennett—Yes, it was, sir. Mr. Partridge—lt is highly improper to expose goods for sale outside shops, and lead people into temptation. Mr. Bennett—We can't help it, sir, we cannot get a living unless we do it. Mr. Partridge—You can get a living without this dan gerous practice. It ought to be prevented. The prisoner said she was guilty. She would not have taken the linen if she had been sober. Cillingham, a constable, No. 324 li, said the prisoner knew what she was about. Mr.,Partridge sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR JAMES HENRY REY. NETT, K.C.B. and K.C.H.—The death of this offi cer, at the Banqueting House, Hampton Court Palace, is announced. He was son of the Rev. James Reynett, D.D., and was descended from Henri de Reynett, who emigrated from Languedoc to Ireland in 16S8, on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He was born in 1786, and in 1837 married the daughter of Mr James Campbell. His military services commenced in 1800, when he served with the 62d Regiment in the expedition against Ferrol, and was present at the action before that place. On the army entering Spain in 1808 he was appointed to the quartermaster-general's staff, and was present and took part in many of the actions and affairs in the Peninsula, including the battle of Corunna the passage of the Douro, capture of Oporto, and battles of Talavera, Busaco, and Fuentes d'Onor. He had received the war medal with four clasps. In 1660 he became general in the army, having ten years previously been appointed colonel of the 48th Foot, which command he held at his death. He was created a knight in 1862. Among other posts held by Sir James he was groom of the bedchamber and aide-de-camp to William IV., and deputy-ranger of Richmond-park. He was atm) lieutenant-governor of Jersey from 1847 to 1852. MURDER OF A SCOTCH SEAMAN IN PORTUGAL.— By the official logbook of the British vessel Mary and Annie, of Perth, delivered to Mr Whitfield, shipping master at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on the 2d inst., it appears that while the vessel was at Pomaron in May last, an ordi nary seaman, named John Rodger, aged 19, a native of Ayr, had, on the evening of the 28th, at about eight o'clock, gone on shore without leave, and at about half-past nine a cry was heard en board ship from the shore that a man was overboard. A boat was immediately lowered and search made, but nothing could be seen of the supposed drown ing person. Early, however, on the morning of the 29th, the master got information from the authorities that the dead body of a sailor was lying on the beach, and on the master proceeding to it he found that it was the body of the seaman Rodgers, whose hands were tied by a cord, and two severe wounds were observed on the left side of the temple, leaving no doubt whatever that the poor fellow had been cruelly murdered. The Portuguese authorities having heard of the circumstance at once set about making inquiries, and ordered an inquest to be held. The British Vice Consul at Villa Real is watching the case on behalf of the British Government, —Perthshire urnal, NAZKETS—Thia Day. COVENT GARDEN. Our market is fairly supplied with fruit today, but the show of vegetable; on offer is small. Tthe trade rules firm at the annexed ra es : PR 111 T. i. d. s. d. S. d. s d Pine apples 5 oto 6 0 Raspberries,prpt 0 6 to 0 7 Foreign do., each l 6to 2 6 Ch err i es , p e r lb. 0 oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb oto 5 0 F ore i gn ditt o , pun() oto 0 0 Foreign do ) oto 0 0 Filb er ts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 3 Melons ) oto 0 01 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz D oto 0 01 Cobuuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. L 3to 2 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100...0 oto 14 0 !Peaches, per d 0... 4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 1 6to 8 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberriesht sve) oto 0 0 'Plums, per do. .. 2 6to 3 o Strawberries pr pt) oto 0 0 ! Greeng=ages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch t oto 3 0 I Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz. l 6to 2 0 Horseradish, pdo 0 oto 0 ltfid ditto I oto 0 0' Parsley, per ditto LN oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 00to 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 6to 2 6 1 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per tonllo 0 t 0159 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0, Mushrooms. p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch nto 3 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr do 4 oto 5 01 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers C 4to 1 6 Mint and savory.. 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve C oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas,h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 2 oto 2 6 Chillies, per ditto 0 •oto 0 0 Onions, doz. No 1 6to 2 0 ICapsicums, per do 0 oto 0 o New Do., dz bun 0 to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 0 to 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 0 iSeakale. per bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 4s Od to 6s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os ; ducks, 2s. Od to 2s 9d ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each; wild do., 0,1 to Os Od; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 17s Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 12s ; bam door fowls, 3s Od to 7s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; pbvers, Os Od to Ocl each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; rcasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to Is 2d ; English, is 2d to 6s Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, 2s 6d to 4s ed ; grouse, Os od l t s o 4 o d s p o e d r . lb ; English e ggs, 78 6d to 8s Od ; French do., BILLING SGATE. Salmon, trout, 7d to 10d ; eels, 5d t#lod ; sturgeon, and • halibut, 6d per Os Od to Os Od ; brills, 2s Od to 68 Od; dorevs, 2s 6d to lOs Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; ib; prawns,turoo both, Os , ;2 7d s pike,6tdo to is skate,i°oris ; ; cod, lobsters, la to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 3s Od ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, Is to 38 Od per pair ; common oysters, 128 to 188; natives, 64s to 708 per bush. ; whitings, 6s Od to 12s ; haddocks, Os to 188 ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, —8 to —8 per 100 fresh herrings, 8s to Os per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 58 Od to 6s Od; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 38 4d to 4s 6d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to —d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31fd ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4fd ; 881 b to 961 b, 41,21 to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, —d to Od ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to --d. Horse hides ? 108 Od to Ils Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s bd to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half-breds, —s Od to --s Od ; Downs, —s Od to —s Od; lambs, 3s 6d to Gs Od; sheaalings, 3s 8d to 4s 6d. HAY MARIUT S. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 Os ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s par load. Trade firm. CumBERLAND.—Meabw hay, £3 N to £5 Os; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per toad. A good demand. - - WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 N to £5 s; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, 4s to £1 lOs per load. An active inquiry. COAL MARKET. Primo of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. North Pelton Ga 5..... 13 9 Walker Primrose .....13 3 West Hartley .. 17 9 Pensher Primrose..... 17 3 Walls End. a. d. Haswell - l9 0 Hartlepool ..18 9 East Hartlepool .18 9 K elloe.. ... l7 9 South Kelloe 18 0 Heugh Hall 18 0 South Hetton 19 0 T unstall Hetton l9 0 lt, 57; sold. 50. Walla End. Braddyll's Hetton .. 9 W. Byron 17 0 Cassop ......18 0 B6lrnont .17 0 Yrainwellgate ... 17 3 Ships at marke, SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 13.—Wind this day at noon—North- West ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a little cloudy. OFF FALMOUTH, Aug. 12.—Arrived— Hebe, from Callao for Dunkirk. _ _ --- NE wr 0 RT, Aug. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Panama, from Bristol for Havannah. CARDIFF, Aug. 12.—Arrived—Blencathia, from the Cape of Good Hope. LOUGH FOYLE, Aug. 12.—Arrived—Caledonia, steamer, from New York. (BY BLBCTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Saturday Morning. The smack Prince of Wales, Capt. Weeks, which left Portrieu, France, yesterday morning, and arrived here to day, with cattle for Mr Treeby, reports having observed, at half-past 2 o'clock this morning, when 10 miles south of the Start Point, eight ships of war going to the east ward, under half-engine power ; no canvas. Wind easterly, light. At that time it was too dark to obtain more distinct informtion. (13Y MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) .... GRAVESEND, Saturday morning. Arrived, August 12 —Emerald, from UmEa—Mathilda, from St. Petersburg—Elizabeth Hampton, from Oporio— Prince, from Guernsey. Arrived, August 13 —Urania ' from Archangel—George, f r om Domejt—Sarah, from Dunkirk—Forest Queen, from Guernsey. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Pei-Ho, of Liverpool, from Shields, for China. MURDER ON THE HIGg SEAS.—At the South. ampton Police-court yesterday, before the Mayor, Mr G. Brinton, and other magistrates, a German seaman, named Adolphe Bjornsen, about 35 years old, was charged h captain of the barque Gus tave ther egistered v essel, on the high wit Adolphe, wilfully murdering aan English seas, on the 21st June last. It appeared from the evi dence of the first mate, Mr Peterson, that the ship left London on the 7th of May for China. When they were within about five days' sail of Pernambuco, the first mate was in his cabin—the time being 9.30 p.m.—when he heard a noise proceeding from the captain's cabin. He imme diately went there, and found the prisoner in the cabin with the captain. As soon as the prisoner saw him, he raised a the prisoner f o ll owing him, h av i ng st ill a ba pi s t o l and fired, but t he shot missed him. He than went adgonaibnleo-ndrereeklled revolver in his hand. Shortly afterwards i the firearms. a to r th e captain came o n deck a nd asked where the second mate and whether he had not been secured an ur e m d e P ig p p ris t o h n e e P r rwisa°snesi3t anding near at the time, and he shot the captain through the h fell, and a f ter lingering f or a b out half an hour, died. The prisoner in th e meant i me h a d b e t a k en Aitaself to the captain's cabin, w h ere he remained for a con turnedead. round The captainan d deliberately get at him, as he had sider o a b b t l a e ined time, the possession crew came on deck heavily armed, an d proceeded to lower the lifeboat, into whic h he g ot, and at once started from the ship. It was then about half-past two in the morning. Shots wore fired at h im, but it wa s exceedingly dark at the time, and they did not take effect. As soon as the day dawned, all eyes w ere strained in o rder to discover some trace of the prisoner , and the boat was discerned in the distance. The vess el went imm ediately in pursuit, and o b l e ' allng unable fibm s . He afterwards came up with him about ten o'clock. Shots were fired at the prisoner's boat, which was completely riddled ; and when it was in a sinking state, the jolly boat belonging to the ship, and manned at the time by six of the crew, was sent to seize the prisoner, who was placed in irons as soon as secured, and conveyed to the vessel, where he remained in confinement until Pernambuco was reached. He was then arraigned before a naval court, where depositions were taken, and the E n glish consul directed his removal to this country. It was stated that no disagreement had taken taken place between the captain and the prisoner. At the close of the first mate's evidence the prisoner was remanded for a week, in order that the register of th e vesse l m i gh t be produced, Mr Mackey, who appeared for the prisoner, having expressed a doubt as to whether it was authorised to carry the English flag. TAFFER, THE MATE OF THE FLOWERY LAND. — It will be in the recollection of our readers that, on the conviction of the pirates of the Flowery Land, who were executed at the Old Bailey, an appeal was made on behalf of Wm. Taffer, who was instrumental in bringing them to justice, and who was loft destitute and disabled for a time. Those who subacribed to Taffer's necessities will be pleased to learn that, through their kindness, he has had the means so to apply himself as to pass a creditable exami nation, and obtain a second mate's certificate. Taffer, we understand, is likely to obtain an appointment to a first class passenger ship about to sail from the port of Lon don. THE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT CHILWORTH. —Yesterday Mr Woods, coroner for the Western division of Surrey, resumed at the Percy Acne. Chilworth, the investigation into the circumstances connected with the death of Charles Mansell and John Farnfield, who were killed by the explosion at the Chilworth Powder Mills on Friday, the sth inst. The Coroner, in summing up, re marked that the evidence did not show that blame attached to any one. The machinery had been properly manufac tured and put up. The jury, after consulting for about 15 minutes, returned a verdict "That the deceased met with their deaths by an explosion of gunpowder at Mr Sharp's mills, but that the cause of the explosion was unknown." British Archaeological Association, Irswicn, Aug. 12. At half-past eight this morning the party as sembled at the White Horse, where omnibuses were in readiness to take them to Helmingham, and after a very pleasant drive by roads by the side of which are waving cornfields, they drove up to the fine old hall, the nat. of J. Tollemache, Esq., M,P., where they were met by the Rev. G. Cardew, the rector. Helmingham Hall is a beautiful specimen of early Tudor architecture, built round a quadrangle, and surrounded by a moat which is still filled with water, and the drawbridge of which is drawn up every night. Mr. Cardew said there was a tradition that it had been so for eight centuries, but it was certain for 300 years the operation had not been once omitted. The Hall was, the rev, gentleman said, built in the reign of Henry VIII. by the second Lionel Tollemache. Before hie time Helmingham, and the Hall which occupied the piece of the pre sent, were owned by the Joyces, and before them by the De B Jckings, and the next previous owners were the Nuns of Flixton, who were the successors of the Nuns of Campsey Ashe. In Domesday Book he found that it belonged to the brother of William the Conqueror, the celebrated Odo, Bishop of Bayonne. In Edward the First's time it was probably the property of Lis Queen, Eleanor. The present hall was built on the site of the old hall, which was built in the twelfth century by Bartholomew de Creyke, and he had no doubt that there was before that an Anglo Saxon farm at this spot, and from the quan tity of Roman remains he had found he believed there had been a Roman villa there. He had found Roman remains in every part of the parish; he had no doubt whatever that there was a Roman village on this spot. One of the Tollemaches entertained Queen Elizabeth in the year 1561. There was a tradition that the Queen stood as godmother to Tollemache's child, but it was not the case, the child having died before her Majesty arrived, and a sort of ceremony was performed over the body. Passing through the paved inner quadrangle the visitors entered the fine hall of the house, in which is a beautifully carved oak fireplace; indeed, the wood-carving throughout the house is very fine. In the dining-room were ex hibited some leathern " blackjacks" of very for midable dimension!, which it was said are still occasionally used ; the fireplace is a very handsome specimen of carving. The walls of the drawing-room, as are those of the dining room, are hung with family portraits, and there are some tables beautifully inlaid with silver, ivory, &c., and other interesting articles of furniture, amongst them being a curious and beautiful inlaid cabinet of Flemish wotkmanship, In an ante room, between the drawing-room and library, is a glass case, containing a late, which belonged to Queen Elizabeth, and which she presented to the lady of the owner of the hall, on the occasion of a visit, and also a small but valuable collection of coins. There was also an ancient spin net. The most carious is an Anglo-Saxon manu script of the 9th century. Alfred the Great's trans lation of " Orosius," and a copy of the first book printed in England by Caxton, The Play of Chess." In several of the rooms are portraits of Queen Eli zabeth, and in the drawing-room is one of Mary, Queen of William 111. The bedroom which was occupied by Queen Elizabeth during her visit was then visited, and some curious old china having been inspected, the party left the Hall. The church was next visited, a stop being made at one of the immense oaks with which the park abounds. The part of the park surrounding the church, was a wood belonging to the church. Mr Cardew said the contract for the erection of the tower of the church was in existence—it was be tween the builder and John Talmidge, as the Tolle. macho family were then called, and the sum for which it was built was £3O. It was dated 1487, that is, in the reign of Henry VII., but it was not completed till Henry VIII.'s time. The church was built on the old cemetery, and in digging the graves at the present time they dug through the old graves. At the base of the tower is the inscription : "Scandit ad wther virgo puerpera virgula Jesse " "She mounts to Heaven, the virgin mother, the rod of Jesse." The church consists of a nave and chancel, and is benched throughout, and contains some very fine monuments to members of the Tollemache family. Atter leaving the church the party proceeded to a field, from the formation of which Mr Cardew said he felt certain that there had been an ancient tu mulus there. He set two men to work digging, and at once they came upon a large quantity of pottery, which some thought to be Anglo-Saxon, but the majority of them thought them Romano- British. He also found a spear. bead and the jaw bones of some animals. He had made elaven ex cavations in other parts of the field, and found re. mains in each. He found the site of a house in which were Roman remains, a few Saxon and some me■ dioeval, and the house ceased to exist is about the reign of Henry VII. At another spot a gold coin of Vespasian was picked up by one of his parish ioners. Mr Cardew then led the way to a moat at the bottom of the field. At the rectory Mr Cardew then exhibited the remains he fund just above, and with the bodies in the ceme tery, and stated that he believed the date of the cemetery was certainly not so late as the later Norman occupation, but probably of the early RAnan occupation, or before that time. He also showed the remains (Roman and mediaeval) found in the Pond Field. The cemetery itself (near the churchyard) was next visited. Here a great deal of excavation has been going on, and the skeletons ethibited. There was no coffin or any sign of one to be found any where in the cemetery. There is a very large num ber of skeletons lying very close, many of them perfect—one of a mother with that of her child.-- about five or six years old. One body was buried ins mutilated condition, the head cut off, the vertebra of the neck on the bosom, the head sup ported in its place by a flint; this was evidently the body of a man of enormous power, the bones being very large. Above the bodies the usual black f u nereal pottery, some fragments of querns, and some bones of animals ware found. It was now time to return to Ipswich, which was reached at a quarter past one o'clock. At two o'clock the omnibuses were again called into requisition to drive to Orwell-perk, Nacto n , th e seat of the President, G. Tomlice, Esq., AL?. SUPPOSED SUICIDE IN RENSIN GTON•GARDEN B . Yesterday Dr. Lankester instituted an inquiry at the Hall Arms, Paddington, relative to the death of Fre derick Seholfied, aged 31, who was found dead and shot through the head in a shrubbery in Kensington -gardens. The deceased was identified by his brother. Witness heard of his death last Monday evening, and his opinion was that he committed suicide. He came to that conclusion owing to the discovery of a letter at his lodgings in Short-street, city. The coroner read the letter as follows Mother pear,—These lines are the last my hand will trace, and when your eye meets them I shall have passed into another e xistence. It has come to this at last , and now I see how m istaken I have been—how I have bee n p la y i ng a losing game for years, I sea it all now it is too late. Forgive me if you can for my conduct to you and everybody; there is much that requires forgiveness. I have lost all but life, and that I have rendered worthless. Wearied, sick, disgusted, and hopeless, I mus t e nd it . I have delayed too long already, and go to find rest if I can. Forgive me for all, and forget if you can. God bless you. I know I am wrong,very wrong, but I want to go. God bless you, mother, and forgive me. From your miserable FRED." The witness added that the deceased was not a good son. He had been a cripple from birth. John Bunston, parkkeeper No. 37, de posed to finding the body at 4 o'clock in the morning of Monday last. He heard the repert of a pistol on Sunday night after the gates were closed. He and other officers could not then discover the body although within 20 yards of the spot where it was found the next morning. Mr J. S. Beale of Paddington, examined the head of de ceased, and found that the hair had been singed. Judg ing from the wound, he believed that death must have been instantaneous. After some remarks from the coronet, the jury returned a verdict of "Suicide under temporary insanity." QUEENSLAND EMIGRATION.—The ship Fiery Star, 2,500 tons burden, belonging to Messrs. T. Mackay and Co., sailed on. the 6th instant from Queens town for Queensland. The Fiery Star is the 44th vessel that has sailed on the Land Order System of Emigration, under the immediate direction of the Queensland Govern ment. She contains 433 souls, divided into paying, assisted, and free passengers, and consisting of 166 members of fami lies, 226 single men, 01 single women, Horses Struck out of their EngaL elits. July 28, at 130 p.m., all Lord Bateman's hors es, e xcept Mousley for Champagne, out of Brighton engi ige2nents. At 4 30 p.m., Limosina, out of all handicaps put Val red to date. July 29, at 2 45 p.m., Stiletto, out of all engrige ments. After 6 p.m., Leonora, out of Brighton engage.ra ent +. July 30, at 2 20 p.m., Imogene filly, out a . Br ighton Nursery. At 430 p.m., all Mr Baker's horses, out of Brighton and Lewes engagements. August 1, at 9 a.m., Queen of Trumps, out of V Wolver hampton engagements—Merry Bird, out of Su tray and Middlesex, at Egbam—Dollar, out of the Bright, to Stakes —Filbert, out of the Brighton Nursery. At 11 a.m., Purity, out of Brighton Nursery. At 4 p.m., Dunkeld and Signal, out of all engagements to date; Myrtle, out of all handicaps to date—all Mr Ten Broeck's horst s, flout of Brighton Nursery. August 2, at 9 a.m., Saloon out of Brighton and - Lewes engagements—Filbert and Farnham, out of .L ewes and Brighton engagements—Creole, out of a ll en gage meats—Johnny Armstrong, Man at-Arms, and mare by Flying Dutchman, out of Peggotty's dam, gut of Brighton and Lewes engagements—Tocsin, out of all engagements—Tom Fool (dead), out of all engage ments—all Mr Brayley's horses, out of Brighton and Lew es engagements—Erin-go -Bragh, out of Lewes engage ments—Madame Walton, ont of Lewes engagements— Reindeer, out of Borough Members' Plate, Wolverhampton. At 0 10 p.m., Thalestris, out Great Ebor Handicap at York. At 355 p,m., Moulsey, out of Champagne Stakes, Brighton. At 515 p.m., fby Vengeance, out of Queen Christina, out of Brighton Club Biennial, At 6 p.m., Milly (dead) out of all engagements. At 930 p.m., Blakiston, out of York Nursery. August 3, at 2 p,na , Doublet, out of all engagements, in Mr Mundy's name. At 210 p.m., Mr Cartwright's horses, out of Brighton enagagements. August 6, at 9 a.m„ all Mr W. Scott's horses, out of Huntingdon engagements. At 3 p.m., Madcap, out of all handicaps to date. August 8, at 9 a.m., Vigilant and Aristocrat, ont of Wol verhampton and Reading engagements—Scamander, out of Wolverhampton Enville Welter—Lady de Trafford, out of all engagements—Thalestris, out of all handicaps to date —all Lord Coventry's horses except Prosperity, out of Wolverhampton engagements—at 3 15 p,m., Reindeer and Simple Maid out of Wolverhampton and Reading engage ments. August 9, at 9 a.m., Captain Crow, out of the Wolver hampton Stakes—Chaff, oat of all handicaps. At 428 p.m., Birdfinder, out of the Great Easters Railway Handicap. August 11, at 9 a.m., Glenochty colt, out of Reading en gagements, At 155 p m, Raglan, out of Berkshire Stakes, Leading. At 5 p.m., Gibraltar, out of Dover and Egham engagements. RACING FIXTU Egham .. l6 Dover Oxford .. 18 Yarmouth York August a.' SEPT: Weymouth Baden-Baden Warwick September 6 Bridgwater Leicester .. Doncaster OCT Brecon ll. 19 Richmond Royal Caledonian Hunt 21 Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians Club Newmarket Second Oct lO NoTE: Lincoln Kelso .... Gloucester Newmarket Hong on 24 Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Leamington &War. Hunt 22 IRISH. .SEP TEIMER. Curragb 6, 7, 8 0 CTO3IIII. Curragh lB, 19, 20 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 Sixty Children Poisoned at Liverpool,—One Death, (From the Liverpool Mercury o'' yesterday,) About one o'clock yesterday the greatest excitement pre vailed in the neighbourhood of Parliament-street and Greenland-street, in consequence of a rumour being preva lent that upwards of sixty children had been poisoned by eating some obnoxious beans. Unfortunately the rumour proved to be too well founded. It appears that between one and two o'clock a little girl named Mary Ann Foster was taken to the Southern Hospital by scme females. The child was in great suffering, and the surgeons of the hospital were infermed that she had been eating some beans which she had gathered from a heap of rubbish that had been thrown from a cart on some vacant land in Greenland-street. Dr. Cameron and Drs. Wollaston and Evans, the resident house surgeons, immediately attended the child; but before they had time to administer the remedies considered necessary for her about 20 other persons arrived with children in their arms, suffering in a similar way. The medical gentlemen seeing that the case was an urgent one, and that the children were evidently suffering from an irritant poison, brought into requisition the whole resources of the institution, and antidotes were applied to counteract the effects of the dele terious stuff which the children had taken. The operating room at this time presented a heartrending appearance. The poor children seemed to be suffering accutely from pain, and many of them were retching violently, while their mothers or friends were crying most piteously. From one to half-past three o'clock about 40 children were taken to the hospital. One of them, named Michael Russell, six years of age, who resided with his parents in New Bird.. street, died about 10 minutes after he was admitted, although all means were taken to save him. This is the only case, up to the present, whercra fatal result has oczarred, but several of the children are not by any means out of danger. The consequences would no doubt have been much more serious had it not been for the prompt medical assistance that the children obtained. The remedies applied were the stomach pump, emetics, stimulants, &c. The symptoms which the children exhibited were somewhat peculiar, although they showed that the sufferers had taken some poison of a deadly nature. The children were pale, very sick, and exhausted, and when they attempted to walk they staggered about as if they were drunk, although they had the use of all their senses, the poison which they had taken evidently not pro ducing that stupitying effect which results from the taking of opium. Their pulsation was at first very low, some of them became feverish and drowsy, and their eyes were bright and protruding from the sockets, and in some of the worst eases the pupil of the eye was contracted. The quantity of the beans which the children stated they had eaten pro duced somewhat different effects. In one case, where a girl had eaten 12, her recovery was easily accomplished, whereas in the case of another child who stated that she had ouly eaten two beans it was for some time feared that fatal results would follow. The child who died eat, it is stated, only six of the beans. From inquiries made by the police as to how the children got the beans, it appears that about 11 o'clock in the fore noon a cart, belonging to some person at present unknown, deposited a lot of rubbish on some vacant ground belonging to the corporation, adjoining the schools connected with Great George-street Chapel, in Greenland-street, Some children began to scrape amongst the rubbish, and found a quantity of large, oily-looking beans. The little things, in their ignorance, ate some of the beans, as they had not an unpleasant taste. The news of the discovery quickly spread among the children in the locality, whose parents gene rally belonged to the poorest class, and a number joined in the search and partook of the beans, with the re sults already stated. Inspectors Moore and Southwell, hearing of the occurrence ordered the rubbish on the ground to be taken charge of by a number of policemen. Subse quently they caused it to be riddled, when upwards of a bushel of the beans was obtained. The master of the St. Barnabas School, which is close by, also took a large quan tity of beans from some of the children attending the school. The bean is known by the name of " Physostygonia vene rosa," or Calabar bean," is said to be used for dyeing or tanning purposes, and is a deadly poison. The rubbish from which it was obtained in so large a quantity by the unfortunate children is said by some to be ship sweepings and ballast taken from a vessel which has just arrived from the West Coast of Africa, while by others it is alleged to bo the sweepings of a warehouse floor—but from the nature and appearance of the rubbish the former seems to be the most likely supposition. " CROSSING" A WITCII.—An amusing instance of the belief in witchcraft which still prevails in some of our rural districts occurred recently in the parish of Fearn. A woman, well known in the parish as "Neil's wife"—a reputed witch—underwent the ordeal of cross ing at the hands of a worthy cobbler whom she had threatened with the evil effects of her craft. Mrs, Neil, returning home one evening, denouncing in no measured terms the Road Trustees for having made the road too narrow by half, determined, in passing, to settle an old score with the cobbler, and summoned him outside to a ppeeeed, armpa with his awl and an hear his doom. This raised the birse of the man of leather a n d Its immediately old shoe upon which he had been operating, and, seizing the hag by the throat, laid her at his feet in a twinkling. She found it rather inconvenient either to vanish or assume the form of a hare, and the trusty broomstick was not at hand; so, despise all her struggling and threatening, the cobbler drew the awl twice across her forehead in opposite directions, drawing blood, of course ; and Neil's wife be mile in his eyes as another woman.—lnvergordon Times. Sir George and Lady Otway have left town on a visit to Lord and Lady Clarence Paget at their seat in Anglesey. [RES FOR 1864. , UST. Plymouth Lichfield 29 Devon and Exeter Stocktcn Derby :MBER. , BER LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening, WHITEHALL, Atm, 11. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Thomas Burch Western, of Rivonhall, in the county of Essex, Esq., and the heirs male of his body law. fully begot. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 9. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr George Thomas Guttery as Consul at Cape Town for the Free Han seatic City of Hanaburgh. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Manuel de la Quintana as Consul at Liverpool for the Re public of Peru. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Aug. 12. Honourable Artillery Company of London—The Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission held by Major William Henry Snell, and to approve of his retaining his rank and wearing his ILA forms. ADMIRALTY, ArousT 12. The ungermentioned Officers have been th's day pro moted to the rank of Assistant Engineers of the First Class, with Seniority from 25th July, 1861 :—Messrs William Jeffrey Grant (acting), Jolo. Austen Cawley, George Edward Milliner Keey (acting), George Brewer (acting), William Bremner, John Franklin, W. J . H ancock (acting), Edward l dgman Willey (actin g ), J ames Torkington, George Alexander, William Robson Henry (acting), Joseph Stocker (acting), Henry Bunting, Francis Horatio Donni son (acting), William Childs Archbold, John Bolas, John Hall (a) (acting), Charles Hall (acting), John Davies Wood (acting), William Vincent (acting), Willi am Stewart, John Reith (acting), Geor g en' Sullivan ( act i ng), Joseph Richard Connolly (acting), RichtirGreen. David C r i chton (a), Samuel Kiernan, John Robert E croyd (acting), I saac Hall, ohn Etherington, James Joseph Conway (acting), Thomas Hunter (acting), William Moore (acting) Augustine Kedward (act ing, 'William Harris (acting), William Strachan (acting), Henry Collar, William Blake Rock (acting), Henry Brown, William Henry Keats (acting), William Jones, Thomas William Johnson, J ohn Dinwoodie, James Richard Jack son, Edwin Comley, Robe rt P h i ll i ps (act i ng ) , Mr John Plowright, Stephen Vincent Bull (acting), William Henry Phillips :(acting), Edward Williams (acting), Thomas William Dearden (acting), John George Cox (acting), John Jenkins (acting), William Thomas Goldie (acting), John Dunlop, James Legate, Alexander Beattie (acting), Andrew Gibson, Charles George Muller (acting), Charles Boddington, James Wilson Sivewright. Course of Exchange.--Yesterday, . --- Amsterdam 1 2 0 Ditto Rotterdam — 12 2 12 21 12 2 , Antwerp Brussels - -25 72k 25 77 ; Hamburgh ,, 13 10 13 10k Paris ... Short. 25 25 26 35 Ditto • 3 Months. 25 70 25 75 Marseilles — 25 70 25 7,5 Frankfort on Maine — _l2Ol . 121 k Vienna 11 85 11 90 Trieste Petersburgh ... Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan 11 85 11 90 31 31a 47! 48! 48 48k 25 7 1 7k 25 86 25 80 25 85 25 77! 25 82 25 77 25 S2i 25 80 25 85 25 80 25 85 51t 52 51k 62k Genoa .. Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Foreign Mail Packet Lifit. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Aug. 18 via Marseilles Aug. 12, Brazil and Cape Yards, by British packet. Sept. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aug. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via vla S m o ar ut s h e a ll ui le p s t . o . n A A u u g g . . l l 2 B . . _ .__ Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. 18. India (Calcutta), mid Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 18. via Marseilles Aug. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Aug. 25. via Marseilles Aug. 20. Portugal.... Sept. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 18. via Marseilles Aug. 12. Newfoundland .. Aug. 17. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Aug. 17. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Aug. 19. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, i Aug. 13. California. and Briti s h Columbia.. NEW BOWER OPERETTA HOUSE.—The Old Bower Theatre, so loeg allowed to sink, into neglefzt has found a lessee in Mr. John Walter Limber, so long the stage•manager of Madame Vestria, daring her triumphant career at the Lyceum, who proposes to revive•the fortunes of the house by giving a class of entertainment with which the frequenters of the Strand and New Royalty establish men, s are familiar. The theatre has undergone great altera tion, and is now elegantly decorated. The company is a strong one, and there is every prospect of the season, com mencing on Saturday, August 13, proving eminently suc cessful. GENESIS OF THE INCOME-TAX.—Twentyatwo years ago the Income Tax was imposed for three years only; at the end of that time its extinction was certain and fixed, like the decrees of fate. But 1845 saw it prolonged for three years, and in 1848 its term was postponed again for three years, and then for two years successively it was renewed positively for the last time and for twelve months only, until Mr. Gladstone arose in 1853, and registered a solemn vow that it should die in 1860. It is needless to say that instead of dying it sprang up with greater vigour than ever, and that it is now, perhaps, the part of our system which has the greatest promise of permanence. SOMETHING LIKE PANEGYRIC ON THE LAUREATE. —Who is there who would not, if he could !—be a poet like our Laureate? To walk, in noble leisure, in a beautiful island, away from the crowd and bustle of men ; to gaze at sea, and cliff, and cloud, and landscape, and let the images sink on ;, to hear or quietly read of the doings of the world ; to allow thoughts to come and go, and to cherish only the select; sometimes, when a thought or feeling brimmed over to expression, to hum or round it off in a few musical stanzas, which, when detached from the maker, should float through the air to sympathetic thousands as a new thing of beauty; at other times, when some subject of larger and more continuous interest had been chosen or hid been suggested, to carry it about from day to day, rumi nating it, evolving it, artfully singing it into shape,wedding to it scores of ideas and fancies that had been lying half forgotten in the mind till the fit occasion should be found for them ; not then to be in any hurry to publish the little metri cal history, but *still to retain it as one's own secret possession, going over it again and again with loving fastidiousness, strengthening it here, making it more sweet and exquisite there, imparting to it the last touches of felicity in sound and phrase, and only then, and still with reluctance, letting it go—who is there that would not, if he could, choose the happiness of a life like this ! And yet, out of all those that are capable of envying such a life, how few are there with whom, if it were rendered possible, it would be anything better than a life of dilettantism or unhonoured and small Epicureanism I How great must be Nature's part in a man to fit him for the highest capabilities of such a life; how nobly must the leisure have been earned ; what a confessed gain there must be for the world in the fact of such a leisure —what must be the magnitude, the depth, and the rarity of the thoughts that habitually come and go in the mind so privileged aad outposted to meditate and to sing I All this it is that justifies Britain in her peculiar feeling towards our Laureate. Of all that are among us doing work what man, save one or two, can be compared for the preciousness of his work, with him P—The Reader. CESSATION OF EMIGRATION.—The vast tid3 of emigration which has for so long a period flowed ceaselessly from our shore, has at length almost subsided. The fine steam vessels, in which the last place was usually filled, now depart all but empty. The large crowds who daily clamoured for passages have disappeared. So great has been the decrease of numbers that the emigration agents have reduced their charges considerably, in the hope of re suscitating their trade. The charge for steerage passage has been reduced by the Inman C om pany from seven guin eas to five guineas, and by Me ssrs. Cummins Brothers to six guineas nominally. It is expected that before a month elapses the rate will be as low as 3 10s. per head. A inducement plen tiful harvest at home a nd the absence of to the other side of the Atl antic appear to have acted powerfully impul sive glienktlryyminecu.hfcgoirek R g th e e po d r e t s e t r. in y of many of our i mpu l. THE LATE MR. ROBSON, THE COMEDIAN.—By a melancholy oversight the Reader of to-day, under date the 13th of August, observes—" We are glad to report that the state of Mr F. Robson's health is still improving, Re is so far recovered as to be able to take carriage exercise d a ily." Mr Robson—as announced in The Sun of y ester d3y—having on the contrary expired at midnight between Thursday and Friday, the 11th and 12th instant. A MERCHANT'S CLAIM FOR PERSONAL INJURY. —ln the case of " Reddie v. Kenworthy," tried at the Liverpool assizes yesterday before Mr Baron Pigott, Mr R. M. Reddie, a china merchant, claimed compensation from Messrs. Kenworthy and Co. for injuries which he re ceived on the 29th October by the falling upon him of a bale of canvas from one of &fondant's lorries. The p'aintiff at the time was passing through a shed occupied by defendants, in order to get to a Glasgow steamer. By the accident he was very severely injured, and is now only able to move about on crutches. Since this occurrence he has been unable to attend to any business except the reading of a letter, whereas he should have sailed to China in in" 1, 1 -‘. Defendants denied the ne 2ll . assenrs before genre, on the ground that the men in charge of the lorry orry had given sufficient warning to pge bale was thrown out. The jury found for the plaintiff— Damages, £5OO. The Legislative Assembly of Frankfort, at its last sitting, gave its sanction to the treaty which had been transmittedeiwith th e Senate, for the renewal of the Zoll v e Prussia. At the same sitting the Assembly r t o rr it by was occupied with the increase and regularisation of the contingent which the free city of Frintfort furnishes tc the German Foderal army. 13.14.1 tt.16.1 12.10 1261 471 i